Shootings kill 1, hurt 4 on West and South sides

A 32-year-old man was fatally shot Saturday evening on the West Side, and three shootings on the South Side left four people injured overnight, authorities said.

About 5:45 p.m. in the South Austin neighborhood, a male gunman shot the 32-year-old multiple times in the 4800 block of West Ferdinand Street, police said.

The shooter opened fire with a handgun after emerging from a vacant lot, Chicago Police Department News Affairs Officer Hector Alfaro said.

Bullets struck the 32-year-old in four places, police said. He was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 6:19 p.m., according to the Cook County medical examiner's office.

The victim was identified by the medical examiner as Donald Price, of the 4800 block of West Ferdinand. The preliminary cause of death was multiple gunshot wounds.

Police said the shooting appeared to be gang-related.

In the most recent shooting, a 17-year-old boy was brought to St. Bernard Hospital and Health Care Center with a gunshot wound to the hip about 12:30 a.m. this morning.

Police believe the shooting happened in the Park Manor neighborhood near the intersection of 69th Street and South State Street.

The boy had been walking down the street when a group of males approached and one opened fire, Alfaro said.

Earlier, about 9:30 p.m. in the South Side's Roseland neighborhood, a gunman on foot shot two people in the 0-100 block of West 108th Street, police said.

A 20-year-old man was struck in the buttocks and knee and was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, Alfaro said. A 15-year-old boy was struck in the leg and was taken to Roseland Community Hospital.

The conditions of both were stabilized, Alfaro said.

Forty minutes later and just blocks away in the Morgan Park neighborhood, a male shooter stepped out of a dark SUV and shot an 18-year-old man in the buttocks, Alfaro said.

The man was taken from the 11100 block of South Aberdeen Street to Advocate Christ, where his condition was stabilized.

No suspects were in custody as of early Sunday as detectives investigated.